Hewlett-Packard conducted feasibility studies on planting spies in news bureaus of two major publications as part of an investigation of leaks from its board, an individual briefed on the company’s review of the operation said yesterday.
This on top of getting “the phone records of company directors, employees, journalists and others.”
Via: NYTimes
This Sunday I was quoted in the newspaper article titled Audiovisual media expand marketing about Podcasting in business that appears in The Bradenton Hearld newspaper. Thanks to Robin Roger for asking for my input.
One common misconception is that podcasting is complicated, said Brian Russell, organizer of PodcasterCon, a national podcaster conference held in [...]
(Bellow is a letter from MoveOn. I think they are doing great work. I’ll elaborate my feelings about this latter. Until then go sign the petition. Our Orwellian future might right around the corner.)
This week, the Senate is planning to quietly hold a vote that would pardon President Bush for breaking the law by illegally [...]
Local media reports more local news than big corporate broadcast media. Sounds like a no brainer right? Well a report done by the FCC in in January – June 2004 called, Do Local Owners Deliver More Localism? - Some Evidence From Local Broadcast News provides the evidence. [PDF]
It shows locally owned stations produced [...]
This is one of the funniest and most biting bit of John Stewart comedy/commentary I’ve seen yet. Can John Stewart say fuck on TV all he wants?
The video game console manufacture Nintendo has launched Wii.com. It’s a look into how their new machine called Wii (pronounced ‘we’) will perform. Wii online has several channels. (inovative name huh) One interesting channel they have is called Newschannel and Forcastchannel.
Catch up on current events each day with the latest headlines on the News Channel.
*This [...]
Voting is a civic responsibility. Not just because it helps get people elected. But because it is part of the democratic process. A part of the American democratic process that in theory can work. Its true our voting system in the US is damaged. We can fix it. I think blogging can help.
Blogging is a [...]
This morning CNN quotes Bush saying, “Today’s remembrances are not the time to politicize 9/11.” Gee who do you think he’s directing that request? Democrats who are ahead in the polls, that’s who.
I don’t think ANY day is the time to politicize death and destruction. But unfortunately George Bush has invoked the memory of this [...]
I’m testing out the Anaconda WordPress Theme. Its very ajaxy, WP 2.0, widgety and based on K2 and Mollio. Three columns is so CMS and *not* very bloggy. What do you think?
“A public space or a public place is a place where anyone has a right to come without being excluded because of economic or social conditions.” [Wikipedia] That last part is important, “without being excluded because of economic or social conditions”. The economic part means that a public place ideally should not charge anything, money [...]
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